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Women’s Prize for Fiction
Women’s Prize for Fiction, formerly The Orange Prize for Fiction, is to be privately funded for 2013. One of the positive aspects of a change in name of the prize is to highlight that the award is...
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“Inspire a generation”
The unofficial tagline behind London 2012 was inspire a generation. Lord Coe and former Prime Minister Tony Blair supported London’s bid to host the Olympics, stating that a British Games in modern...
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The London 2012 Olympic torch
The Olympic torch for London 2012 was designed by two east Londoners, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby. The designers won a competition run by the London 2012 Organising Committee. It has been rather...
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London 2012 Opening Ceremony
The London 2012 Opening Ceremony was broadcast at 9:00 pm, on 27 July. The opening ceremony played out like a classic British theatrical masterpiece. I didn’t know what to expect from the ceremony...
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The Effectiveness of NHS Advertisements (Safe Sex)
There is a growing concern about the advertisements put out in the media by the NHS, especially when concerned with sexually transmitted diseases, and the rise in numbers of teenagers in Britain who...
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Changing Perceptions on Forced Marriages
Forced marriages are rife in Britain and by 2013 it could possibly become a criminal act to marry an individual against their will. In order to prevent forced marriages from occurring in the country...
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World AIDS Day
The first of this month marked the 25th World AIDS Day, a campaign dedicated to raising awareness of the illness. Aiming to spread positive messages of scientific breakthroughs in treatment, the 1st...
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Senior Liberal Democrats Tell David Cameron To Sack Strategy Chief
Senior Liberal Democrats are calling for the sacking of David Cameron’s election strategist, Lynton Crosby, over his links with the tobacco industry. The latest row over the role big money plays in...
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BBC Children in Need
Last night BBC One (and BBC Two) hosted the charity appeal night for BBC Children in Need. The show kicked off at the Old Vic pub, with some special cast members off Eastenders, boyband supergroup,...
View ArticleThe Challenges of the Single Market
The European Union is a symbol of positive economic growth, and has been so for many decades now. The two oil crises of the seventies had put on considerable pressure on the continent to devise an...
View ArticleDisenchantment For British School Pupils
Students often spend very long hours disenfranchised from a traditional education system and these habits start very young in the United Kingdom. Certain behavioral attitudes, such as acting loud, too...
View ArticleThe Picture of Self-Employment in the EU
Self-employment hasn’t managed to successfully lure away a great share of the unemployed population for only somewhere around 14percent of European workers choose this job option. The figures vary...
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The Man Booker Prize 2012
Hilary Mantel has been awarded the Man Booker prize this year, for her book Bring Up the Bodies. She is the first woman and the first British author to win the literary award twice. The book forms the...
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